Trousers-hanger.



P. H. DBKNATEL.

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APPLIoATIoN FILED AUG. 19, 1905. BBNEWED AUG. 9,1906.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

UN ITEI) STATES ALIEN 'I OFFICE.

FREDERICK H. DEKNATEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THEMACKIE-LOVEJ OY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ACORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

TROUSERS-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

Application filed August 19, 1905, Serial No. 274,848. Renewed August 9,1906. Serial No. 329,856.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK H. DEKNA- TEL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State I ofIllinois, have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements inTrousers-Hangers,

of which the. following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of trousers hangers having a pair ofclamping jaws 1, connected so as to be movable to open and closedpositions, and provided with means for holding them in closed position,each of such jaws being provided with a garment engaging member formedof a strip of fiexible webbing or similar material stretched from end toend thereof and movable to open and closed position with the jaws.

The rincipal object of my invention is to provide a simple, economicaland efficient trousers hanger'.

The invention consists in the features, combinations and details ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved trousers hanger, showing it in closed or operative position;Fig. 2 a plan view showing the hanger jaws in almost closed position infull lines and one of the jaws in open position in dotted lines; Fig. 3a side elevation of the hanger; Fig. 4 a central sectional detail viewof the end portion of one of the jaws, taken on line 4 of Fig. 3; andFig. 5 a transverse sectional elevation taken on line 5 of Fig. s.

In constructing a trousers hanger in accordance with my improvements, Iprovide a pair of clamping jaws a, preferably of metal, having centralarched portions b and connected together by means of laterally extendingpivotally connected arms c, which are riveted to the cent-ral portionsof the clamping jaws by means of rivets d. The upper ends of thesesupporting arms are pivotally connected by means of a pivot e having athat its toothed edge extends outward and downward at 'an incline, beingthus adapted to engage the securing link, so as to hold the clampingjaws in operative position at different distances from each other.

The clamping jaws from their arched central port-ions to their outerends are substantially parallel, and each jaw is provided with an innergarment engaging member m in the form ofa strip of tiexible andcompressible material,l such as webbing, cloth, canvas, leather, orsimilar fibrous material. These strips are secured to the opposite endsonly of the clamping jaws and extend on the inner sides thereof so as toengage the garment when the jaws are in closed position. For securingthe garment engaging members to the ends of the jaws, I employ metallicclips n formed from met-al plates as de` scribed below. Each of theseclips has an inner end portion 0 which extends between the inner side ofthe jaw and the strip of flexible material to be held in place thereby.An end lap p of the clip is folded over the end lap g of the garmentengaging strip, and

vthese end laps of both members are folded outward or over the end ofthe jaw to which they are secured-as shown in Fig. 4-so that the clipsin being folded tighten the garment engaging strip and when in positionsecurely hold the strip taut. The part 0 of the metallic clips n servesan additional function, in that it forms a slight projection upon theinner face of the jaw near the end thereof, thus securely holding thetrousers between the ends of the jaws. It has been found that in somecases the jaws have a tendency to hold the trousers less securely at theextreme ends. By formin a slight projection upon the inner sides o thejaws near the ends this tendency is corrected. Such projection mayconsist either of the part o of the metallic holding clip, or may beotherwise formed, as by stamping a projection in the metal of which thejaw is formed.

I prefer to make the garment engaging strips of greater width than thejaws, so that they completely protect the garment from coming intocontact with the jaws and thus prevent any injury to the garment byreason of stains of any sort, such, for instance, as rust stains, whenthe jaws are made of metal, and from any injurious effects which wouldotherwise result from allowing the jaws formed of metal, or other hardmaterial, to come into actual contact with the garment, such as thestaining of the garment or the leaving of an imprint or impression ofthe jaws thereon.

By the above arrangement it will be readily seen that the clamping jawsare so constructed that they will not stretch or tend to stretch thegarment held thereby, and the tendency to leave an imprint or stain uponthe garment or otherwise injure the garment is practically obviated.

The central portions of the garment engaging strips -m are adapted to bepressed outward by the trousers seams in the direction of the archedportions of the jaws, so as to conform to the contour of the surfaceportions of the trousers which are engaged by such central portions ofthe strips. A uniformity' of pressure upon the trousers may thus beproduced, notwithstanding the irregularities in the conformation of theengaged portions of the trousers which result from the presence of theseams. This evenness of pressure upon the garment throughout or from endto end of the jaws and centrally between the opposite ends of the archedportions thereof is very desirable. l

I claim: l

1. In a trousers hanger, the combination of a pair of relatively movableclamping jaws having outwardly arched central portions forming a centralspace therebetween, and a strip of flexible material secured to theopposite ends of each of such clamping jaws extending along the innerside thereof out of engagement with such central arched portion.

2. In a trousers hanger, the combination of a pair of relatively movableclamping jaws each having a central outwardly arched portion, and a pairof flexible garment engaging members extending along the inner sides ofsuch jaws in parallel relation to each other and having their centralportions out of engagement with the arched portions of such jaws.

3. In a trousers hanger, lthe combination of a pair of relativelymovable clamping jaws, a garment engagmg member for each of such jawsextending along the inner side thereof, and means for securing the endsof such garment engaging members to the ends of the jaws and forming thesole connection between such garment engaging members and the jawstowhich they are respectively secured. l lvi 4. In a trousers hanger,the combination of relatively movable clampingjaws, each having acentral outwardly arched portion, and a pair of garment engaging membersextending along the inner sides of such jaws, the, ends of the garmentengaging members having yturned-over portions, and means for securingthe overturned portions to the jaws.

5. In a trousers hanger, the combination of a pair of relatively movablearched clamping jaws, and garment engaging members of greater Width thanthe jaws secured to said jaws and extending between the jaws and havingfree edges extending laterally beyond the edges of the jaws.

6. In a trousers hanger, the combination of`a pair of relatively movablearched jaws, and a pair of garment engaging members formed of strips offlexible material of 4greater width than the jaws secured thereto andextending between the jaws and having free edGes extending laterallybeyond the edges of? the jaws.

7 In a trousers hanger, a -pair of opposed jaws having recessed centralportions and parallel end port-ions, and registering projections uponthe inner faces of said end portions near the extremities thereof, theprojections on opposite jaws being adapted to contact with each otherwhen the jaws are closed.

8. In a trousers hanger, a pair of opposed jaws having central recessedportions and parallel end portions, and registering projections upon theinner faces of said end portions near the extremities thereof, said jawswhen closed contacting at said projections and lat points adjacent therecessed portions.

9. In a trousers hanger, the combination of relatively movable clampingjaws, garment engaging fabrics extending along the inner sides of saidaws, metal plates beneath said garment engaging fabrics, said plates andfabrics being folded over the ends of said jaws.

HARRY I. CROMER, ANNIE C. COURTENAY.

